Category Archives: Security Alert

Apple vs. The FBI – Who Do You Stand With?

The debate is raging in the media. The world’s most valuable company, APPLE, is taking on the world’s most powerful law enforcement agency, the FBI. If you’re haven’t been following the story, I’ll catch you up quickly. The FBI is trying to get into the iPhone of one of the jihadist San Bernardino, California attackers. [...]…

The OPM Data Breach and What it Means For You

Every day our country comes under attack. No, I’m not talking about terrorist attacks, I’m talking about cyber-attacks. Hacking, which used to be the domain of geeks hiding in their bedrooms and eating Twinkies, has hit the big time. While there are still plenty of hackers out there doing it for personal gain, especially those [...]…

Travel Warning!

The United States Department of Homeland Security, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center and the United States Secret Service have issued a non-public alert concerning a cybercrime and identity theft threat to individuals who use computers in hotel business centers. Like many of you, I travel on business and pleasure. And, it’s tempting to [...]…

Police Chief: ‘Armed Citizens Reduce Crime’

“Criminals who are thinking of robbing a citizen; they’re less likely to do so if they think they might be armed.” —Detroit Police Chief James Craig There you have it directly from the man charged with trying to reduce crime in Detroit, Michigan. And as anyone who is breathing air knows, Detroit is going [...]…

Protect Your Emails for Free

There are so many issues, ideas and solutions I want to bring to your attention. Let’s get started with a brand new resource for folks who want to send encrypted email. Best of all, the service is free. The service is called Tutanota and here’s how they describe their free email encryption service: “Take back your privacy! [...]…

CEO of the Tea Party Endorses The Patriot Privacy Kit

Gun and Restaurants

Guns and Restaurants This was an alert in the Self Reliance Institute. Let’s discuss something that has been receiving a lot of attention in the media and in the Second Amendment rights community – the lawful carrying of guns in restaurants. I suspect many of you will agree with the first part of what I [...]…

A Note From A Reader on Preparedness

Chris, You touch on an often overlooked but critical topic. We spend considerable time and money acquiring the gear and skills we might need to be prepared for a variety of potential disasters/disruptions either natural or man-made, but often overlook preparation for sudden/unexpected debilitating medical problems, or worse unexpected death from any number of possible [...]…

Some Scam Alerts From Our Readers

A few weeks ago we asked our readers to send us tales of scams that they had experienced or heard about. We were pretty amazed at the response. Thanks for sending all these in. If you would, please send this along to your friends so that they can be warned too. The Jewelry Scam From [...]…

Tor is Still King

As members of the Patriot Privacy and Security Society know, our goal is to provide you with valuable and timely information that you can use to enhance your privacy and security. That process begins from the moment you receive the Patriot Privacy Kit eBook. But, as you might expect, the privacy and security knowledge base is always changing. [...]…